Five classic movies to watch for Presidents' Day

In 1885, President Chester Arthur signed a bill making George Washington's Birthday a Federal holiday, and in February of 1971, Richard Nixon declared Presidents' Day as a day to recognize all U.S. Presidents. Watch this video to learn more about...

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Today is Presidents' Day, some of you were lucky for an extra day off while others worked on this monday. Either way whatever you're doing, these five classic movies are perfect to watch for this day and for any day really...

1. "Jefferson in Paris" (1995)

James Ivory directed "Jefferson in Paris," a film that had Nick Nolte played Jefferson in the movie. The film looked at Jefferson's years as the Ambassdor of the U.S. to France.

2. "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" (1940)

Henry Fonda was a great actor who played Lincoln, but for this writer, Raymond Massey takes the cake for best Lincoln lookalike, though both movies are great to watch. The Fonda film was a John Ford film called, "Young Mr. Lincoln." The Massey film was directed by John Cromwell.

3. "Nixon" (1995)

"Nixon" was a 90s Oliver Stone film that had Anthony Hopkins as the President Richard Nixon. Joan Allen played Pat Nixon.

4. "Truman" (1995)

"Truman" another '95 president movie, this one was created by HBO. Gary Sinise played Harry S. Truman. Sinise won an Golden Globe for his role and the film won other awards.

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Kellie Haulotte was a contributor on Yahoo! Voices and used to write for Triond and Hubpages too. Kellie writes articles about films from the classics to newer cinema. Her schooling in film is simple: she reads a lot of film books and explores a lot of movies from the good to the terrible. She has over 200 and counting movies in her library and she dedicates herself on trying to explore films from all over the world. Some of her favorite classic movies are, "Little Caesar," "The Glass Key," "The Seventh Seal," "Le Samourai" anything with Humphrey Bogart, and a ton of classic horror flicks. Some of her favorite modern movies are, "Only Lovers Left Alive," "Ripley's Game," "The Farewell," "Queen Margot," "Desperado," "Interview With The Vampire," "The Bourne films," "Blue Jasmine," "Scream," and plenty of others. For any questions about classic cinema, you can email her at classicfilmexaminer@yahoo.com